Customers leaving the store with their purchases . File photoMOSCOW, April 16The ill-considered economic sanctions against Russia are another American geopolitical adventure that the whole world will have to pay for, according to an article in the state Chinese newspaper Global Times. Western economic sanctions. «Admittedly, there are many factors behind the surge in inflation around the world, and one of the main ones is the COVID-19 pandemic,» the article reads. jpg» />WP: Anti-Russian sanctions could contribute to US economic downturn However, as the Global Times points out, there can be no doubt that global inflation has been exacerbated by soaring energy and commodity prices, driven by the Ukrainian crisis and «ill-conceived economic sanctions by the West against Russia, imposed under the leadership of the United States. «According to journalists of the publication, the US accusations against other countries on the issue of inflation are an unsuccessful attempt to shift the blame «from a sore head to a healthy and sinister conspiracy», the purpose of which is to hide their own failures, capitulation to the virus and huge costs from economic sanctions against Moscow.» At a time when global supply chains have not yet fully recovered from the pandemic, the situation in Ukraine and anti-Russian sanctions exacerbate supply disruptions. We are seeing a shortage of energy resources, raw materials and food, and the countries of the world in these conditions bear the main the burden of the burden of US geopolitical adventures», — emphasizes the Global Times. Western sanctions, in addition, seriously harm the interests of developing countries, which are not protected from high inflation in the import of food and other essential goods, the newspaper notes. Thus, many of them have already faced serious economic problems, and the rise in prices provoked by Western sanctions only exacerbates the difficulties that have arisen. economic problems fraught with serious global consequences. And as for the developing world, it needs coordinated efforts to jointly preserve free world trade and economic globalization,» the journalists summarize. . Restrictive measures are directed primarily against the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. Calls to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources have become louder in Europe. All this has already turned into economic problems for Western countries, causing an increase in fuel and food prices. 04/88b49f58c41bf4b327b4faee0e40a2ac.jpg» />Putin: sanctions against Russia caused an unprecedented crisis and inflation in the West
